DeLand will shine in national spotlight on NBC news show tonight

PHOTO COURTESY KEN GOLDBERG
Political talk on the porch — NBC News production crew members, at left, prepare to film an interview by Kate Snow with, from right around the table, Jen Ditslear, Chris Ditslear (hidden from view), Carmen Goldberg and Ken Goldberg, at the Ditslears' DeLand home.

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Footage of Occupy DeLand — NBC cameraman and sound engineer Tom Hurxthal and Fred Schuh film the Occupy DeLand protest at the corner of Rich Avenue and Woodland Boulevard Jan. 21.

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Mayor Bob speaks — NBC senior national producer Tim Uehlinger, left, talks with DeLand Mayor Bob Apgar Jan. 21. A spot featuring DeLand will air tonight, Jan. 30, at Rock Center with Brian Williams, which begins at 10 p.m. on WESH Channel 2.

Interviews originally scheduled to air last week

By Barb Shepherd
BEACON STAFF WRITER

posted Jan 30, 2012 - 4:08:36pm

NBC News has confirmed that DeLand's time in the national spotlight will come tonight, Monday, Jan. 30, during the Rock Center with Brian Williams show that begins at 10 p.m. The show, formerly called Primetime NBC, is seen locally on WESH Channel 2 (Bright House Networks Channel 4).

A television-news crew, including NBC's Kate Snow, visited DeLand Jan. 21-22, sitting down with Mayor Bob Apgar, talking to protesters at the Occupy DeLand camp at Pioneer Park, taking in the classic car show on East Indiana Avenue, and even filming the action inside Hunter's Restaurant.

The resulting television spot, titled "Road to The White House runs through Florida," explores the importance of the Interstate 4 corridor as a bellwether in presidential elections.

Much of the footage is an interview with neighbors Ken and Carmen Goldberg and Chris and Jen Ditslear, who represent differing political views, despite being friends. Snow spoke with the four on the porch of the Ditslear home in Northeast DeLand.

The spot focusing on DeLand was originally scheduled to air immediately following the Jan. 23 GOP presidential-candidate debate in Tampa. However, because the debate ran overtime, the DeLand spot was bumped to Jan. 30.

NBC senior national producer Tim Uehlinger, one of the crew members who visited DeLand, confirmed the DeLand show is scheduled for tonight's Rock Center edition. Uehlinger said the original spot scheduled a week earlier had been shortened.

"It's going to be pretty short. Maybe about five minutes," Uehlinger said.

The entire video can been viewed on the MSNBC website.

— info@beacononlinenews.com

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